Anyone Could Save a Life or Two

“When they had gained the top of the bank, the man paused. ‘I'd be glad to do something for ye,’ said he, ‘but then there's nowhar I could take ye. The best I can do is to tell ye to go thar’ said he, pointing to a large white house which stood by itself, off the main street of the village. ‘Go thar. They're kind folks. Thar's no kind o' danger but they'll help you—they're up to all that sort o' thing.’ ‘The Lord bless you!’ said Eliza earnestly. ‘No 'casion, no 'casion in the world,’ said the man. ‘What I've done's of no 'count.’ ‘And oh, surely sir, you won't tell anyone!’” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Page 64)
In this chapter Haley the slave trader is searching for Eliza and Harry the runaway slave. After being told about the sale Mrs. Shelby doesn’t want Haley to own her slaves. She and Mr. Shelby are shown as very nice considerate people. In this scene Eliza is trying to escape Haley and she falls in a river. Mr. Symmes, a farmer, hears her cries for help. He says he can’t do much for her except tell her that she can go to a nearby house where the white people will help her. This quote shows the reader that not every person in the south was pro slavery. There were many people against slavery and helped runaway slaves. This kind of relates to the Jews when they needed help from people except people that helped Jews faced dire consequences where as in the south people that helped runaway slaves would not experience many consequences. By having helped Eliza and Harry escape Tom now has to be sold alone for 1000 dollars.